Nita Lowey: “Your budget request would eliminate the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, which has trained approximately 2…”

I am delighted to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), the chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies. {time} 1845

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. Schrier).

I urge this Subcommittee to continue its longstanding support for critical people-to-people and peacebuilding programming.

In particular, we would like to commend Congresswoman Nita Lowey, whom the bill is named after, Congressman Jeff Fortenberry, Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator Chris Coons, and Senator Tim Kaine for their leadership in advancing this…